Tereza Boučková, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tereza Boučková

Czech writer and scriptwriter

Date of Birth: 24-May-1957

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Profession: screenwriter, writer, journalist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Tereza Boucková (born 24 May 1957) is a Czech writer.The daughter of playwright Pavel Kohout and Anna Cornová, she was born in Prague, attended high school and studied English for a year after being rejected by the Drama Academy for political reasons.
She signed Charter 77 and subsequently worked as a cleaner, postal worker and concierge.
In 1985, she married Jirí Boucek.She published her first prose work Indiánský beh (Indian Run) in samizdat.
It received the Jirí Orten Award in 1990.
In 2006, she won first prize for her script Zemský ráj to napohled; she wrote the screenplay for the 2009 film of the same name directed by Irena Pavláskové with English title An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes.